Here are some friends with simlar question as we.And I have this question for many days,anyone help us?
Kitty said: Yes.Am I helping any animal by "being" a vegetarian?-I try seach this on internet but no results found.Maybe this is a stupid question.
Mike said: oh,no,you are wrong.I have found as below for this question(Am I helping any animal by "being" a vegetarian?),it will help you,my kids.
I haven't eaten meat for ten days so I'm not yet an actual vegetarian. But how am I actually helping any animals if there going to kill the same amount anayway? My friend brought this up to me and it's been bugging me ever since.
Answer:
Who are those animals being killed for? People who eat meat.
If you ate meat before and are one less person not eating meat now... who are those animals being killed for? one less person. Granted on such a small scale it makes no immediate or lasting change/effect, but if something noticeable like 20 million Americans one day decided to not ever eat meat again..it'd show up in the market immediately. The only way to make this happen is to change it ourselves..and by being one less that's change. Slavery of Africans ended slowly by change and eventually lead to an entire CIVIL war between our own people. Things can happen, we just need to make it clear to everyone else why.
i don't thinks so. sorry. but you are helping yourself a little. you aren't eating fatty meats that can be bad for you
Of course you're helping. The more vegetarians there are, the less pigs, chickens, turkeys, etc. will be killed for food. Good for you! Look for the book "Diet For a Small Planet" by Frances Moore Lappe. That's what started me eating veggie. ?
Every little bit of positive energy helps the planet as a whole. By not eating meat, you are going to elevate and cleanse your energy. That nice energy will affect your environment, and make it better.
you're friend is right! might as well enjoy a nice big steak tonight!
you're not...first of all vegetarians still eat fish & poultry. Next the small amount of vegetarians arent going to hurt the meat industry...
Every person makes a difference - never forget that.
Within a year, you alone will have saved over 100 lives.
Vegetarianism has to be a united effort to make a huge difference, and each person who becomes veg is adding to the numbers of lives saved.
By not buying meat, you are keeping the meat industries from receiving money. And if enough people don't buy meat, the industries will keep losing money until they reduce how much meat they produce, which means less animals killed.
In the long run, you will make a difference.
Keep it up, and good luck!
Of course you're helping them! By not eating meat, you ae lessening demand for meat (even if its just a tiny bit) and therefore saving the lives of animals.
It's estimated that most western people eat about the equivilant of 100 animals a year, so by not eating meat, you're saving 100 animals a year! Now think of the hundreds of thousands of vegetarians living in the US alone. Can you images if they all started eting meat? The demand for meat would go up by the millions!
Not to mention how going vegetarian benefits the environment. With less demand for meat, there is less need to use natural resources and there is less output of things like chemicals and manure into the environment!
Good luck and I hope you stick with your choice. No matter what people tell you, you ARE making a difference!
Hey, if it makes you feel good, then do it!
Vote for Paris, or Not!
http://www.whatwouldyoudo.ws/
You save 100 animals every year.
In my opinion your friend is right, you're not really helping any animals because they're being killed for food anyway. For every vegetarian out there, there's 30 more non-vegetarians so it's not benefitting the animals, but it is good for your health.
Of course you are helping!!! You are creating less demand for meat - and since you are joining forces with me and many others we are going to make a difference.
You can also make a difference by influencing your friends and family. Even if they don't become vegetarian/vegan maybe they will consider it or share a veggie pizza with you. Or try an amazing meal you make for them.
The animals (and I) thank you for what you are doing and making a difference. Be sure you ask more questions on YA if you need to.
Really, you're not helping much at all. If not eating meat makes you feel better about the treatment of animals, then go ahead.
But your friend is right, you not eating meat won't decrease the number of animals being killed for food.
If you do want to change that number, you could try to encourage other people to not eat meat ((but don't approach them as "you're a murderer", it won't work)).
You might not make a huge difference on your own but the more people who become vegetarian, the more animals will be saved in the long run. You could come up with a thousand examples throughout history of one person having the courage to speak out against something they felt was wrong and then many more people standing up and agreeing with them - that's the point and it's how things eventually change for the better. I'm not vegetarian but I admire anyone who has the courage to stand up for what they believe in. Don't let your friend weaken your resolve but do make sure you eat a balanced vegetarian diet.
im a vegetarian too. i have been for 7 months and i dont really think we are helping any animals by not eating them but it makes me feel good that i am not eating anything harmed.I am a vegetarian because i ? animals and can't stand the fact that something was killed for me.
Well not much since thousands of small field animals are killed when the fields are plowed. Eggs, mice, rabbit warrens, etc. are destroyed in quest of growing edible plants. This is what vegans ignore. They are pretty radical. Vegetarians are more reasonable and can function in social settings. MOST vegans are nut cases with a bizarre outlook. They become defensive when challenged and make sweeping statemetnts without backup, and distrust anyone who doesn't agree with them.
No, it wont help. If it makes you feel better, do it for yourself, not for "the animals, or the planet" the animals dont know what you are doing and the planet is indifferent. Personally, more meat for me.
u r saving animals when u dont eat meat! Keep it up!It helps ur teeth by eating less meat!
nope
The vegan/vegetarian population is still vastly outnumbered by the meat-eating population.
Go back to your organic food corner...
or whatever you hippies do =DDDD
Since you don't eat meat anymore I am not supposed to tell...But the weekly meatetarian meating was last night...So not to worry I will eat your share of meat each and every day.
Its kinda tough on me but I am willing to take one for the cause...So go ahead and graze....
of course you are, not to mention your helping the enviorment to by reducing pollution, check out a peta website for some starter info to learn more
Nope, i'm sorry...you are probably making yourself healthier cutting out pork and beef (but they do taste soo good)...but my reasoning is that as you say they are still gonna kill just as many animals...but if everyone was vegetarian then the animals that are bred for food will not be bred any more so mass vegetarianism will actually lead to a decrease in the animal population...and if you wear PVC in any form as a replacement for leather just remember that PVC is one of the most destructive materials to the planet...so you may be saving a cow in the short term by wearing PVC but IF you do wear PVC then you are screwing up the planet for future generations...so don't wear PVC!...thanks...
Hi curiosity: I thought the below quotes will answer your question and also you'll find them interesting. If you need more info, please ask me by contacting my email in my public profile. :o) Adela
By becoming vegan, one person saves about 100 animals per year instantly! Gary L. Francione, Esq.
What do two vegetarians say to each other when exchanging their wedding vows? "Lettuce unite!" And a veggie punchline: "Lettuce turn up on time so we won’t be asked where we’ve been". Vegetarian Times
Flesh food causes impotence because it blocks the arteries to all vital organs, including the penis. Dr. Dean Ornish, Medical Advisor to Bill Clinton
... they [who stop eating flesh] will live longer. The average age of a meat eater is 63. I am on the verge of 85, and still at work as hard as ever. I have lived quite long enough, and am trying to die; but I simply cannot do it. A single beefsteak would finish me; but cannot bring myself to swallow it. I am oppressed with a dread of living for ever. That is the only disadvantage of vegetarianism. George Bernard Shaw (From his letter)
I want death to find me planting my cabbages. Michel Eyquem DeMontaigne (1533-92)
My resolution for the new millennium is simple, but oh, so powerful: a wholesome, nonviolent diet of grains, legumes, vegetables and fruits! Suzanne House (From her letter to Tampa Tribune)
It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living, by its purely physical effect on the human temperament, would most beneficially influence the lot of mankind. Albert Einstein
In the next 10 to 15 years, one of the things you’re bound to hear is that animal protein is one of the most toxic nutrients of all that can be considered. Dr. T. Colin Campbell (Nutritional Biochemist, Cornell University)
I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in its gradual development to leave off the eating of animals as surely as the savage tribes have left off eating each other when they came in contact with civilization. Henry David Thoreau
The Animals, you say, were "sent" - For Man’s free use and nutriment. Pray, then, inform me, and be candid - Why came they aeons before Man did, To spend long centuries on earth Awaiting their Devourer’s birth? Those ill-timed chattels, sent from Heaven, Were, sure, the maddest gift e’er given - "Sent" for man’s use (can man believe it?) When there was no Man to receive it! Henry S. Salt
Poor animals! How jealously they guard their innocent bodies... that which to us is merely an evening’s meal, but to them is life itself. T. Casey Brennan
Don't just switch from beef to chicken: get the slaughterhouse out of your kitchen. United Poultry Concerns
And God Said, "Behold,...I have given you every herb-bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree-yielding seed; to you it shall be as meat."
The Holy Bible, Genesis 1:29
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Kitty said: Yes.Am I helping any animal by "being" a vegetarian?-I try seach this on internet but no results found.Maybe this is a stupid question.
Mike said: oh,no,you are wrong.I have found as below for this question(Am I helping any animal by "being" a vegetarian?),it will help you,my kids.
I haven't eaten meat for ten days so I'm not yet an actual vegetarian. But how am I actually helping any animals if there going to kill the same amount anayway? My friend brought this up to me and it's been bugging me ever since.
Answer:
Who are those animals being killed for? People who eat meat.
If you ate meat before and are one less person not eating meat now... who are those animals being killed for? one less person. Granted on such a small scale it makes no immediate or lasting change/effect, but if something noticeable like 20 million Americans one day decided to not ever eat meat again..it'd show up in the market immediately. The only way to make this happen is to change it ourselves..and by being one less that's change. Slavery of Africans ended slowly by change and eventually lead to an entire CIVIL war between our own people. Things can happen, we just need to make it clear to everyone else why.
i don't thinks so. sorry. but you are helping yourself a little. you aren't eating fatty meats that can be bad for you
Of course you're helping. The more vegetarians there are, the less pigs, chickens, turkeys, etc. will be killed for food. Good for you! Look for the book "Diet For a Small Planet" by Frances Moore Lappe. That's what started me eating veggie. ?
Every little bit of positive energy helps the planet as a whole. By not eating meat, you are going to elevate and cleanse your energy. That nice energy will affect your environment, and make it better.
you're friend is right! might as well enjoy a nice big steak tonight!
you're not...first of all vegetarians still eat fish & poultry. Next the small amount of vegetarians arent going to hurt the meat industry...
Every person makes a difference - never forget that.
Within a year, you alone will have saved over 100 lives.
Vegetarianism has to be a united effort to make a huge difference, and each person who becomes veg is adding to the numbers of lives saved.
By not buying meat, you are keeping the meat industries from receiving money. And if enough people don't buy meat, the industries will keep losing money until they reduce how much meat they produce, which means less animals killed.
In the long run, you will make a difference.
Keep it up, and good luck!
Of course you're helping them! By not eating meat, you ae lessening demand for meat (even if its just a tiny bit) and therefore saving the lives of animals.
It's estimated that most western people eat about the equivilant of 100 animals a year, so by not eating meat, you're saving 100 animals a year! Now think of the hundreds of thousands of vegetarians living in the US alone. Can you images if they all started eting meat? The demand for meat would go up by the millions!
Not to mention how going vegetarian benefits the environment. With less demand for meat, there is less need to use natural resources and there is less output of things like chemicals and manure into the environment!
Good luck and I hope you stick with your choice. No matter what people tell you, you ARE making a difference!
Hey, if it makes you feel good, then do it!
Vote for Paris, or Not!
http://www.whatwouldyoudo.ws/
You save 100 animals every year.
In my opinion your friend is right, you're not really helping any animals because they're being killed for food anyway. For every vegetarian out there, there's 30 more non-vegetarians so it's not benefitting the animals, but it is good for your health.
Of course you are helping!!! You are creating less demand for meat - and since you are joining forces with me and many others we are going to make a difference.
You can also make a difference by influencing your friends and family. Even if they don't become vegetarian/vegan maybe they will consider it or share a veggie pizza with you. Or try an amazing meal you make for them.
The animals (and I) thank you for what you are doing and making a difference. Be sure you ask more questions on YA if you need to.
Really, you're not helping much at all. If not eating meat makes you feel better about the treatment of animals, then go ahead.
But your friend is right, you not eating meat won't decrease the number of animals being killed for food.
If you do want to change that number, you could try to encourage other people to not eat meat ((but don't approach them as "you're a murderer", it won't work)).
You might not make a huge difference on your own but the more people who become vegetarian, the more animals will be saved in the long run. You could come up with a thousand examples throughout history of one person having the courage to speak out against something they felt was wrong and then many more people standing up and agreeing with them - that's the point and it's how things eventually change for the better. I'm not vegetarian but I admire anyone who has the courage to stand up for what they believe in. Don't let your friend weaken your resolve but do make sure you eat a balanced vegetarian diet.
im a vegetarian too. i have been for 7 months and i dont really think we are helping any animals by not eating them but it makes me feel good that i am not eating anything harmed.I am a vegetarian because i ? animals and can't stand the fact that something was killed for me.
Well not much since thousands of small field animals are killed when the fields are plowed. Eggs, mice, rabbit warrens, etc. are destroyed in quest of growing edible plants. This is what vegans ignore. They are pretty radical. Vegetarians are more reasonable and can function in social settings. MOST vegans are nut cases with a bizarre outlook. They become defensive when challenged and make sweeping statemetnts without backup, and distrust anyone who doesn't agree with them.
No, it wont help. If it makes you feel better, do it for yourself, not for "the animals, or the planet" the animals dont know what you are doing and the planet is indifferent. Personally, more meat for me.
u r saving animals when u dont eat meat! Keep it up!It helps ur teeth by eating less meat!
nope
The vegan/vegetarian population is still vastly outnumbered by the meat-eating population.
Go back to your organic food corner...
or whatever you hippies do =DDDD
Since you don't eat meat anymore I am not supposed to tell...But the weekly meatetarian meating was last night...So not to worry I will eat your share of meat each and every day.
Its kinda tough on me but I am willing to take one for the cause...So go ahead and graze....
of course you are, not to mention your helping the enviorment to by reducing pollution, check out a peta website for some starter info to learn more
Nope, i'm sorry...you are probably making yourself healthier cutting out pork and beef (but they do taste soo good)...but my reasoning is that as you say they are still gonna kill just as many animals...but if everyone was vegetarian then the animals that are bred for food will not be bred any more so mass vegetarianism will actually lead to a decrease in the animal population...and if you wear PVC in any form as a replacement for leather just remember that PVC is one of the most destructive materials to the planet...so you may be saving a cow in the short term by wearing PVC but IF you do wear PVC then you are screwing up the planet for future generations...so don't wear PVC!...thanks...
Hi curiosity: I thought the below quotes will answer your question and also you'll find them interesting. If you need more info, please ask me by contacting my email in my public profile. :o) Adela
By becoming vegan, one person saves about 100 animals per year instantly! Gary L. Francione, Esq.
What do two vegetarians say to each other when exchanging their wedding vows? "Lettuce unite!" And a veggie punchline: "Lettuce turn up on time so we won’t be asked where we’ve been". Vegetarian Times
Flesh food causes impotence because it blocks the arteries to all vital organs, including the penis. Dr. Dean Ornish, Medical Advisor to Bill Clinton
... they [who stop eating flesh] will live longer. The average age of a meat eater is 63. I am on the verge of 85, and still at work as hard as ever. I have lived quite long enough, and am trying to die; but I simply cannot do it. A single beefsteak would finish me; but cannot bring myself to swallow it. I am oppressed with a dread of living for ever. That is the only disadvantage of vegetarianism. George Bernard Shaw (From his letter)
I want death to find me planting my cabbages. Michel Eyquem DeMontaigne (1533-92)
My resolution for the new millennium is simple, but oh, so powerful: a wholesome, nonviolent diet of grains, legumes, vegetables and fruits! Suzanne House (From her letter to Tampa Tribune)
It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living, by its purely physical effect on the human temperament, would most beneficially influence the lot of mankind. Albert Einstein
In the next 10 to 15 years, one of the things you’re bound to hear is that animal protein is one of the most toxic nutrients of all that can be considered. Dr. T. Colin Campbell (Nutritional Biochemist, Cornell University)
I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in its gradual development to leave off the eating of animals as surely as the savage tribes have left off eating each other when they came in contact with civilization. Henry David Thoreau
The Animals, you say, were "sent" - For Man’s free use and nutriment. Pray, then, inform me, and be candid - Why came they aeons before Man did, To spend long centuries on earth Awaiting their Devourer’s birth? Those ill-timed chattels, sent from Heaven, Were, sure, the maddest gift e’er given - "Sent" for man’s use (can man believe it?) When there was no Man to receive it! Henry S. Salt
Poor animals! How jealously they guard their innocent bodies... that which to us is merely an evening’s meal, but to them is life itself. T. Casey Brennan
Don't just switch from beef to chicken: get the slaughterhouse out of your kitchen. United Poultry Concerns
And God Said, "Behold,...I have given you every herb-bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree-yielding seed; to you it shall be as meat."
The Holy Bible, Genesis 1:29
correctness,It's Non-profit and only for informational purposes.
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